Quentin Tarantino confirms Adam Sandler was his original choice for 'Inglorious Basterds.'
One of the long-standing rumors surrounding Quentin Tarantino's World War II epic Inglourious Basterds has been about the supposed casting of its iconic "Bear Jew" Sgt. Donny Donowitz. The Bear Jew takes part in some of the film's most memorable sequences including his grand entrance to a group of imprisoned Nazis after Brad Pitt's Lt. Aldo Raine builds him up as a mythical Nazi head smasher.
Unfortunately for Tarantino, that overlapped directly with Inglourious Basterds. "I feel bad because when I did Funny People with Sandler, I wasn’t aware that that was the exact time you were trying to use him for Inglorious Basterds," Apatow added. It proved to be a worthwhile and personal project for Apatow, earning solid reviews from both critics and audiences, even if it left Tarantino high and dry in the end. It wasn't all lost for Tarantino, though.
Obviously, he should’ve done yours because of the whole thing of it. I mean, you start with the f---ing video cassette of you guys as kids. But yeah, the Bear Jew was going to… I wrote the Bear Jew for Adam Sandler.
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